Software Engineer - Mid (CPE)
Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Software Engineer - Mid (CPE) for a contract position in Madison, WI. The opportunity will be one year with a strong chance for a long-term extension.
Position Summary: The Software Engineer II is responsible for design and implementation of interactive web-based services. The candidate will be creating and improving Java code as well as providing component-level designs for the next-generation commerce platform.
Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- You will design and implement RESTful Web Services API and algorithms
- You will produce excellent, thorough design and development documentation
- You can work independently, under tight time constraints, respond to evolving requirements and strategic shifts in direction
- You are familiar and comfortable with Agile/Scrum software development methodology
- Participate as a member of the development team and work well within a team environment.
- Perform in-depth analysis of functional or business requirements.
- Achieves team consent and buy-in; perceived as a positive and constructive collaborator especially in code reviews.
- Prepare and execute unit and integration tests.
- Apply advanced technical knowledge to innovate in a technology area (e.g. Java).
- Be able to suggest solutions and designs for complex problems.
- Implement end user or enterprise infrastructure or services prepared by senior technologists.
- Provide time / resource estimates for assigned tasks.
- Able to identify and debug issues with high volume traffic in a N-tiered system without direct access to the machines.
- Develops according to specific requirements with awareness of scalability, hardware capabilities and cross environment and platform implication.
Qualifications: - BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience with Java
- Experience developing applications on Unix/Linux platforms
- Experience with servlet containers (e.g., Tomcat), JAXRS, Spring, and related technologies
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Experience using source control (esp. Git) and bug tracking systems such as JIRA in a team environment
- Experience in object-oriented analysis and design
- Experience developing web services using JSON, XML and RESTful API design
- Experience building scalable systems with very high levels of concurrency and transactions.
- Experience in building high-performance and cloud based scalable web services.
- Experience with design and implementation of modern web services architecture and API frameworks
- Experience implementing services backed by NoSQL data stores
- Strong understanding of engineering best practices - requirement gathering and analysis, design and develop secure and scalable code with unit tests, participate in code reviews and documentation; experience with open source based technology stack
- Ability to handle periodic on-call duty, and defensive engineering to minimize impact
- Strong ability to do root cause analysis / troubleshooting production issues in a high traffic volume environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred: - Search, Machine Learning, Online Gaming domains
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, containerization, Docker/Kubernetes
- Experience with production monitoring tools such as Splunk, APM, Sensu, ExtraHop
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery experience
- Cloud-based software (AWS, OpenStack)
- Experience with microservices architecture-SOA polyglot environment
- Experience with eCommerce
- Experience with Code Pipeline/Troposphere
If this job is a match for your background, we would be honored to receive your application.
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